Is gun-maker liable for Newtown? Court takes up the case

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza heard the message loud and clear when gun-maker Remington Arms marketed an AR-15-style rifle as an overpowering weapon favored by elite military forces, a lawyer for relatives of some victims of the massacre told the Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday. Lanza, who killed 20 first-graders and... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Guns, Newtown, Shooter

November 14, 2017

Search on for escaped psychiatric patient who flew to Maui

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities on Tuesday were searching for a man who escaped from the state’s psychiatric hospital outside Honolulu and flew to Maui. Randall Saito, who was found not guilty of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity, left the Hawaii State Hospital at 9 a.m. Sunday and failed to return. Maui County... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Fugitive, Hawaii

November 14, 2017

Sessions defends himself to Congress, says he never lied

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election... Read More

Criminal Justice News, News, Politics

Hearing, Jeff Sessions, Politics

September 21, 2016

Not so fast on full custody, experts say of Jolie’s demand

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the global hubbub over the Brangelina divorce, Angelina Jolie Pitt’s demand for sole physical custody of her six children with Brad Pitt has attracted its share of the attention. Yet experts say Jolie Pitt won’t have the final say, and that Pitt and the couple’s eldest son, Maddox, may even... Read More

Entertainment, News

Actors, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Divorce, Hollywood

September 18, 2016

Couple investigated in 3 states facing neglect case in Texas

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Neighbors said filthy children regularly climbed into trash bins and scavenged for food behind the West Texas house where 11 children lived with their parents. Other residents heard screaming at night — one described “shrieks of terror” — that were quickly followed by loud music to cover the sounds. “It never... Read More

Bad Parenting, Criminal Justice News, News

Bad Parenting, Child Neglect

September 15, 2016

Court upholds sentence given to rabbi in voyeurism case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A once-prominent Orthodox rabbi who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping nude women at a Jewish ritual bath in Washington was given a lawful penalty when a judge sentenced him to approximately 6 ½ years in prison, an appeals court ruled Thursday. Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Religion, Voyeurism

September 15, 2016

Conditions in many older county jails are grim, dangerous

PRINEVILLE, Oregon (AP) — The noise in the tiny jail, built decades ago to house firefighting equipment, is constant. Voices bounce off the walls. Nothing dissipates the dank smell. There's no natural light. Fluorescent bulbs give the green walls a sickly hue. Read More

Criminal Justice News, News

Infrastructure, Jail

September 15, 2016

2 more indicted in massive US Navy bribery scandal

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two former executives of a Singapore company that supplies ships have been indicted in a wide-spanning bribery scandal involving its CEO nicknamed "Fat Leonard" and high-ranking US Navy officials. Read More

National Security, News

National Security, Navy

September 15, 2016

Challengers of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law end lawsuit

PHOENIX (AP) — A coalition of civil rights groups agreed to end its challenge of Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration law in a deal in which the state issued guidelines on how police officers must enforce the law’s most contentious section. The agreement unveiled Thursday ends the last of seven challenges to the law that was... Read More

National Security, News

September 15, 2016

Top German court rejects Russians’ Paralympics admission bid

KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) — Germany's highest court has thrown out a request from five Russian athletes to force the International Paralympic Committee to allow them to compete in the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. Read More

International Justice Watch, News, Sports

Olympics, Russian, Sports

September 14, 2016

Pair sentenced for taking turkey that had to be euthanized

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Two Southern California college students have been sentenced for snatching a turkey that had to be euthanized five months after it was found reeking of beer, with a broken toe and missing feathers. Steven Koressel and Richard Melbye were sentenced to a year of probation Thursday after pleading guilty to entering... Read More

Lighter Side, News

Lighter Side, Turkey

September 14, 2016

That’s not the ticket: Toddler’s littering citation dropped

WASHINGTON (AP) — City officials in Washington are tearing up a littering citation issued to a toddler. The Washington Post reports 2-year-old Harper Westover received a “Notice of Violation” Thursday from the Department of Public Works, with a $75 fine. Her mom, attorney Theresa Westover, also received a citation. She called a solid waste inspector... Read More

Lighter Side, News

Lighter Side, Ticket

September 14, 2016

Probation for Ohio man accused of egging home 100-plus times

EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of pelting his former neighbor's Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over a year has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined $1,000. Read More

Lighter Side, News

Lighter Side, Oddities

September 14, 2016

Arizona sued over denying driver’s licenses to some migrants

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A single mother battling cancer and a victim of domestic abuse are among the immigrants who qualify for Arizona driver's licenses but have been illegally denied the chance to drive a car, a group of advocacy organizations said in a new federal lawsuit. Read More

National Security, News

Arizona, Immigration, Mexico

Is gun-maker liable for Newtown? Court takes up the case

Search on for escaped psychiatric patient who flew to Maui

Sessions defends himself to Congress, says he never lied

Not so fast on full custody, experts say of Jolie’s demand

Couple investigated in 3 states facing neglect case in Texas

Court upholds sentence given to rabbi in voyeurism case

Conditions in many older county jails are grim, dangerous

2 more indicted in massive US Navy bribery scandal

Challengers of Arizona’s 2010 immigration law end lawsuit

Top German court rejects Russians’ Paralympics admission bid

Pair sentenced for taking turkey that had to be euthanized

That’s not the ticket: Toddler’s littering citation dropped

Probation for Ohio man accused of egging home 100-plus times

Arizona sued over denying driver’s licenses to some migrants

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